Practise cognitive assumptions and the Andrade, Baron-Cohen and Pozzulo studies through precise samples, procedures, results, comparisons, applications and evaluation.
Outline one assumption of the cognitive approach in psychology.
Outline one assumption of the cognitive approach in psychology.
2 marks for full assumption.
1 mark for partial/brief assumption.
e.g., 2 marks
Information is processed through the same route in all humans: input - process - output, in a similar way to how information is processed by a computer.
People have individual differences in their cognitive processing such as with attention, language, thinking and memory (1 named).
e.g., 1 mark
Information is processed through the same route in all humans: input - process - output. People have individual differences in their cognitive processing.
There are other creditworthy responses.
2
Explain how one finding from the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups) supports the assumption you outlined in part (a).
1 mark for result/conclusion.
1 mark for linking it to an assumption explicitly (not by name only: a relevant concept needs to be mentioned).
e.g.
Children correctly identified 99\% of the cartoon faces (1 mark result). This could follow the principles of input (see cartoon), process (memory of cartoon) and output (recall cartoon) (1 mark supported link).
Adults correctly identified 66\% of human faces (1 mark result). This shows that people do have individual differences in memory recall (1 mark supported link).
There are other creditworthy responses.
2
If the link is not with an assumption from 5a, can only be awarded the result/conclusion mark.
Cannot simply re-state the assumption for the 2nd mark.
Outline the term 'false positive responses', using an example from the study by Pozzulo et al. (line-ups).
1 mark for definition
1 mark for example
e.g.,
This is when a person believes they are making an accurate choice, but it is not (1 mark: definition).
In the Pozzulo study this would be the children choosing a person in a line-up even though the culprit is not in the line-up (1 mark: example).
2
The memory score in the study by Andrade (doodling) was calculated using two sources of data. One source was the number of 'correct responses' of names and places given by the participants.
Describe how the total memory score was calculated.
Second source of data = 1st mark
How the memory score was calculated =2 nd mark 'false alarms' / errors;
(second source of data) [1st]...were taken away from the correct responses score (to give the memory score);
(how) [2nd]
2
In the study by Baron-Cohen et al. (eyes test), a control task was used to be certain that the AS/HFA participants could use information from pictures of eyes to make simple judgements.
Identify this control task.
Identify this control task.
Gender (recognition) = 1 (definitive)
1
Accept judgement of male / female
Outline what participants were required to do in this control task.
Outline what participants were required to do in this control task.
To judge the gender/sex of each person in each photograph / of the eyes = 1 (definitive)
1
'To say whether they/ a person was male of female' =0
'To say whether a (person in) a photograph was male of female' =1